Waiting for spring

I've been spending a lot of time here lately. As someone who's been known to brag about my indefatigable immune system, this has bee...

Another day, another dog bed

We moved this large jute rug into our bedroom recently, and while I think it's finally found its forever home, the room felt a little to...

Musical rugs

This rug just may make into every room in our house before we move :) Most recently, I moved it into our bedroom. I originally purchased it ...

A pretty distraction

It turns out our little bathroom floor fix isn't as "little" as we thought it was going to be (isn't that always the way, ...

Choosing a bench for the bedroom

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Our bedroom is mostly complete, but I'd like to add a bench at the foot of our bed (and a rug, but that's a post f...

Choosing blinds for the bedroom

It's not exactly a traditional vacation purchase, but while we were in America we picked up a pair of bamboo roller shades for our bedro...

Bed styling

Last week we talked about sofa styling , so this week I thought it would be fun to look at bed styling. There are lots of options out there,...

Our bed has a new pillow and I want a new sewing machine

Last night after I put Hannah to bed, I decided to fix a tear in the seam of one of my sweaters. I realized it was really a job for the sewi...

Here and there

We added a new rug to the living room over the weekend, purchased from this ebay store . I was pretty thrilled to find a rug with all the ma...

An organized, but still unfinished, closet

After I finally got around to painting my closet, I took some time to sort through my clothes - again - and added a few more things to the g...

DIY striped closet

On Friday, Janice's freshly-painted dressing room  inspired me to do a little painting of my own. Back when I painted our bedroom, I thi...

DIY striped pelmets

My pelmet project took a little longer than I thought. All the steps are easy, but I wasn't sure about the painted stripe, so I waited u...

Our bedroom, currently

Back in August, I shared my  plans for tweaking our bedroom . It's taken me awhile, but  I bought and painted a metal headboard I found ...